Showing posts with label immigrant. Show all posts
Showing posts with label immigrant. Show all posts

Saturday, May 30, 2026

ICE agent arrested for January shooting of immigrant in Minnesota - POLITICO

The Hennepin County Attorney’s Office, which initially brought the charges, announced the apprehension of Christian Castro, 52, in Texas on Friday. He faces four counts of second-degree assault for the non-fatal shooting of Venezuelan immigrant Julio Cesar Sosa-Celis in January, and one count of falsely reporting a crime for his actions in the aftermath...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/29/ice-agent-arrested-minnesota-shooting-00942901


 

Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Minnesota prosecutors charge ICE agent in shooting of Venezuelan man - POLITICO

“Mr. Castro is an ICE agent, but his federal badge does not make him immune from state charges for his criminal conduct in Minnesota,” Moriarty said. “I’ve said it many times and I’ll say it again: there is no such thing as absolute immunity for federal officers who commit crimes in this state or any other.”…

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/18/minnesota-prosecutors-charge-ice-agent-christian-castro-00926417


 

Friday, August 1, 2025

Georgia detainee with prosthetic legs who objected to flooded cell sent to solitary

Rodney Taylor recently spent three days in what CoreCivic calls a "restrictive housing unit" at Georgia's Stewart detention center, after refusing to enter his cell because a leak had left the floor with about an inch of water. That would be a potential disaster for Taylor, since his battery-powered, microprocessor-controlled prosthetic legs can't get wet...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jul/31/georgia-detainee-double-amputee-solitary-confinement


 

Wednesday, June 4, 2025

US man charged for framing immigrant in fake plot to kill Trump | Milwaukee | The Guardian

…a criminal complaint alleges Demetric Scott admitted to investigators he wrote the letters threatening to kill the president in the name of Ramon Morales-Reyes, whom he was previously charged with assaulting.

Monday, December 27, 2021

‘A lot of abuse for little pay’: how US farming profits from exploitation and brutality

' The investigation, Operation Blooming Onion, found the conspirators forced workers to pay fees for transportation to the US, food, and housing through the H2-A work visa program, while withholding their travel and identification documents and forcing them to work for little to no pay in inhumane living conditions.


Saturday, September 12, 2020

Farmville, Va., covid outbreak linked to ICE flights bringing agents to protests - The Washington Post

The Trump administration flew immigrant detainees to Virginia this summer to facilitate the rapid deployment of Homeland Security tactical teams to quell protests in Washington, circumventing restrictions on the use of charter flights for employee travel, according to a current and a former U.S. official. After the transfer, dozens of the new arrivals tested positive for the novel coronavirus, fueling an outbreak at the Farmville, Va., immigration jail that infected more than 300 inmates, one of whom died.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/coronavirus/ice-air-farmville-protests-covid/2020/09/11/f70ebe1e-e861-11ea-bc79-834454439a44_story.html

Wednesday, April 1, 2020

Wednesday, November 13, 2019

John Denholm, Houston prosecutor, accused of not filing sex assault charges over victim's immigration status - The Washington Post

The cry for help came from a holding cell. A Houston police officer heard the plea on Nov. 1, turning to find an inmate standing while handcuffed to a chair and pointing to the prisoner next to him, Karl Bonner. The officer rushed into the cell and separated the two men — only to learn that Bonner had allegedly exposed himself and attempted to force the man’s face into his crotch, according to the Houston Police Officers’ Union.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/11/08/john-denholm-houston-prosecutor-illegal-immigrant/

Wednesday, August 14, 2019

Border Patrol Agent Admits To Intentionally Hitting Migrant With Truck - HuffPost

An Arizona Border Patrol agent who intentionally struck a Guatemalan migrant with his truck in 2017 -- allegedly almost running him over -- has pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge for violating the man's rights. The agent, 39-year-old Matthew Bowen who was stationed in the border town of Nogales, faces up to $100,000 in fines and could spend a year behind bars.....
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/arizona-border-patrol-agent-matthew-bowen-pleads-guilty_n_5d526bc8e4b0cfeed1a293e2

Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Mexican Police Kill Migrant in Front of His Daughter - Newsweek

A central American man who was trying to get to the United States was shot dead by Mexican police in front of his 8-year-old daughter, it has been reported. The man was in a group of 10 migrants which had been staying at the migrant camp in Saltillo, Coahuila region, around 180 miles from the border with the U.S., according to the Spanish newspaper El Pais. .
https://www.newsweek.com/mexico-migration-el-salvador-honduras-saltillo-coahuila-1452283








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